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Dr. Daniel Holland

Professor
Office
MLT Moulton Hall 313C
Office Hours
TBA
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Selected Research

Biography

Dr. Holland is a theoretical space and plasma physicist specializing in the causes and effects of short scale length magnetized equilibria.

Teaching Interests & Areas

Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Energy, Space and Plasma Physics

Research Interests & Areas

Magnetospheric Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, Magnetized Sheath, Ion Propulsion

Ph D Physis

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

MS Physics

UCLA

MS Mathematics

Lamar University

BS Physics

Lamar University

Outstanding University Service Award

Illinois State University
2016

Team Excellence Award - Master Plan

Illinois State University
2011

Team Excellence Award - Gladly We Give

Illinois State University
2010

Outstanding College Service Award for the Sciences

Illinois State University College of Arts and Sciencs
2007

Team Excellence Award - Solar Car

Illinois State University
2006

Outstanding College Teacher Award for the Sciences

Illinois State University College of Arts and Sciencs
2003

Research Initiative Award

Illinois State University
1999

Grants and Contracts

Observational Signatures of Current Sheet Structures Using Nonlinear Dynamics Modeling and Geotail/Cluster Data.
Richard F Martin, Daniel L Holland.
NASA. June 1 2003 - May 31 2007
Hollow Cathode Modeling Using XOOPIC and VORPAL
Daniel L Holland.
NASA /Ohio Aerospace Institute. - June 2012

Presentations

Effects of Pitch Angle Scattering on Nonlinear Charged Particles Dynamics in a Magnetic Field Reversal
Daniel L Holland.
AGU Fall Meeting, ONLINE, December, 2020
Self-Consistent Calculation of the Magnetic Field Reversal
Jonathan Sullivan-Wood, Daniel L Holland.
AGU Fall Meeting, Online, December, 2020
Effects of Diamagnetism on Magnetotail Current Sheet Equilibrium
Daniel L Holland, Jonathan Sullivan-Wood.
AAS, online, June, 2020
Holland Self-Consistent Equilibria in the Earth’s Magnetotail Current Sheet
Jonathan Sullivan-Wood, Daniel L Holland.
AGU Fall Meeting, Online, December, 2019
The effects of collisions on observational signatures of nonlinear charged particle dynamics in the magnetotail
Daniel L Holland, Phillip Kovarick, Jonathan Sullivan-Wood.
Dynamics Days, Evanston, IL, January, 2019
Hollow Cathode Modeling Using XOOPIC and VORPAL
Daniel L Holland.
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, August, 2012
PIC Simulation of Plasma Devices
Daniel L Holland, George Williams, Hani Kamhawi.
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, July, 2012
Observational Signatures of Nonlinear Charged Particle Dynamics and Chaos in the Earth’s Magnetotail
Daniel L Holland, Richard F Martin, Hiroshi Matsuoka.
Dynamics Days, Baltimore, MD, January, 2012
ISU is Ranked in the 95th Percentile for Binge Drinking: Shhhh!
Cindy Kerber, Daniel L Holland, Julian Westerhout, Jim Almeda.
ISU Teaching and Learning Symposioum, Normal, IL, January 5, 2011